MARTIN’S salad bar item sold over weekend may have listeria

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MARTIN’S salad bar item sold over weekend may have listeria

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CARLISLE, Pa. — If you ate sunflower seeds sold on the salad bar at local MARTIN’S Food Markets, they may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the company warned on Tuesday.

The sunflower seeds in question were sold on the salad bar from May 20 – May 22, 2016 in the following 23 MARTIN’S store locations only:

253 North Washington Highway, Ashland

12601 Jefferson Davis Highway, Chester

6401 Centralia Road, Chesterfield

3107-15 Blvd., Colonial Heights

10150 Brook Road, Glen Allen

10250 Staples Mill Road, Glen Allen

9645 West Broad Street, Glen Allen

7324 Bell Creek Road, Mechanicsville

200 Charter Colony Parkway, Midlothian

13700 Hull Street Road, Midlothian

3330 South Crater Road, Petersburg

5700 Brook Road, Richmond

5201 Chippenham Crossing Center, Richmond

7045 Forest Hill Ave., Richmond

10001 Hull Street Road, Richmond

2250 John Rolfe Parkway, Richmond

11361 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond

3460 Pump Road, Richmond

4591 South Laburnum Road, Richmond

3000 Stony Point Road, Richmond

7035 Three Chopt Road, Richmond

3522 West Cary St., Richmond

4660 Monticello Ave., Williamsburg

The sunflower seeds were first recalled by SunOpta.

MARTIN’S has received no reports of illnesses to date. Customers who have purchased this product should discard any unused portions and bring their purchase receipt to MARTIN’S for a full refund.

Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease.

Healthy people rarely contract listeriosis.

However, listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections in those with weakened immune systems, such as infants, the elderly and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy.